Apple

Apple has become a leading consumer electronics company by reinventing the smartphone with the iPhone as well as the MP3 player with the iPod. Now Apple is looking to revolutionize computing with the iPad. And of course there's the Mac. Simply put, the company is firing on all cylinders.

Last week I outlined eight questions that Apple needed to answer in relation to the Apple Watch. Now that Apple has had its launch event, let's take a look at whether Tim Cook and the crew answered these questions.

Apple Watch appears to be designed to plug Apple's emerging ecosystem of Internet of things services. Sure, it'll sell iPhones too, but the real win may be Apple's various platforms for the car, health and commerce.

The recent Apple Watch event provided some highly anticipated details, such as availability, cost, apps, and battery life. This ebook covers those basics and considers what role the Watch could play in...

Since its release, I've put iOS 8 to the test on a range of hardware, from the aging iPhone 4s to a brand new iPhone 6 Plus, and I've gotten to know the operating system really well, and this has allowed me to draw up a pretty good picture of what's right and wrong with this new release.

While the Apple Watch won't go on sale until early 2015, we got a huge amount of information dumped on us, and ahead of getting our hands on a working Apple Watch, we can start to work out way through this information and come to some conclusions.

At the WWDC conference in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils iTunes Match, part of the company's new iCloud service. For a $24.99 annual fee, users can use iTunes Match to scan their music library for non-iTunes purchased songs. Apple then provides a DRM-free file of those songs for access from iCloud.

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, CEO Steve Jobs announces the company's cloud service, iCloud. The service will store content in the cloud and then push it wirelessly to all of the user's devices. Apple is not charging for the service at this time.

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has revealed that it is currently building apps specifically for Research In Motion (RIM)'s new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, while voicing ongoing concerns over the security of Android-based banking.

On May 19, 2001, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the company's first retail stores in McLean, Va., and Glendale, Calif. On the 10th anniversary of the launch, we look back at the original unveiling and hear Jobs explain why the company moved into the retail business.

Smartphone sales were a major factor in Telstra adding 1 million new mobile customers in the first half of this financial year, with over 690,000 iPhone and Android devices sold, CEO David Thodey revealed today.

News Corp's first iPad exclusive newspaper, The Daily, is unveiled in New York City Wednesday morning. It features a fully-fledged newspaper paired with interactive media including videos, 360 degree images, and even a crossword puzzle.

At a press conference in New York City, Verizon announces Apple's iPhone 4 will be available on its network in early February. A 16GB model will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract and the 32GB model will sell for $299.99. An extra feature Verizon will offer is the ability to use the phone as a personal Wi-Fi "hot spot." Up to five Wi-Fi devices can connect to the Verizon iPhone at one time.

At the Gartner Symposium ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks to analysts about Windows inside the enterprise as Apple continues to make a dent in market share with the introduction of new devices such as the iPad.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Vice President Craig Federighi offer a look at Lion, the next version of Mac OS X. The demo shows a new feature called Mission Control, which combines the Expose, Dashboard, and Spaces applications of OS X with full-screen apps. The new operating system is due to ship in summer 2011.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils two new versions of the MacBook Air, describing the new notebook line as what would likely result if a MacBook and an iPad "hooked up." The new design features a trackpad with Multi-Touch support, a much longer battery life, and flash storage options.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak discusses whether Apple's technologies can become standard in the enterprise overtaking the PC. "It can happen, but it's still going to be gradual," Wozniak says. "Everybody sees the writing on the wall."

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